The $300,000 award, won in 2013, has been the state’s only steady funding to promote testing for chemicals including arsenic, but the state has changed its tune on the grant, calling parts of it inefficient.

Owner Bill Lovely says the new building next to his slaughterhouse, which the city Planning Board will consider Tuesday, would make it possible to ship Maine vegetables and meat across the country.

The Maine-based carnival company cited by state officials recently for safety violations following ride accidents still has a good track record, Skowhegan fair officials say.

No one is injured when the Cessna 172 sets down on I-95 in Houlton.